Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C. § 1131

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 40 citation events across 40 distinct cases.

40citations total

40distinct interpreting cases

28distinct courts

17citations in last 5y

1984–2025year range

Top 8 leading cases

#1 Patlex Corporation v. Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Etc. (1985) cafc 96 own cites 1× in case

#2 Perlito Capili Sulit Estella Gonzalez Sulit v. Thomas J. Schiltgen, District Director, Immigration Naturalization Service, And (2000) ca9 86 own cites 1× in case

#3 In Re Blood Reagents Antitrust Litigation (2010) paed 22 own cites 1× in case

#4 Prejean v. Industrial Cleanup, Inc. (1998) la 8 own cites 1× in case

#5 Brown v. Florida (2002) flsd 7 own cites 1× in case

#6 USA Network v. Gannett Co., Inc. (1984) cod 4 own cites 1× in case

#7 Antolik v. Saks Inc. (2003) iasd 2 own cites 1× in case

#8 Kialegee Tribal Town v. Zinke (2018) cadc 2 own cites 1× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.